epidemiology

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002245",
  "term": "epidemiology",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The study of the various factors influencing the occurrence, distribution, prevention, and control of disease, injury, and other health-related events in a defined population.",
  "synonyms": [
    "epizootiology"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "biological resistance",
    "disease surveillance",
    "epizootic diseases",
    "endemic diseases",
    "disease and pest management",
    "pathogenesis",
    "disease susceptibility",
    "zoonoses",
    "seroprevalence",
    "vector-borne diseases",
    "disease occurrence",
    "burden of disease",
    "pathogenicity",
    "disease vectors",
    "cross contamination",
    "tropical diseases",
    "pathogen survival",
    "disease incidence",
    "disease outbreaks",
    "disease prevalence",
    "disease reservoirs",
    "disease severity",
    "disease transmission",
    "vector competence",
    "vectorial capacity",
    "epidemiological studies",
    "familial incidence",
    "disease resurgence",
    "seroconversion",
    "molecular epidemiology"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "epidemiología"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/epidemiology/"
}